Hugh de Courtney Fifth Baron of Courtney and Third Baron of Okehampton 1
- Born: 25 Mar 1251, Okehampton, Devon, England
- Marriage (1): Eleanor de Spencer
- Died: 28 Feb 1292, Colyton, East Devon District, Devon, England at age 40
General Notes:
Baron of Okehampton, Earl of Devon. Knight of Buckinghamshire. Son of Sir John de Courtenay and Lady Isabel de Vere. Grandson of Sir Robert de Courtenay, Sheriff of Devon and Oxfordshire and Mary de Vernon, Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford and Hawise de Quincy.
Husband of Eleanor le Despenser, daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser and Alivia Bassett. Father of three sons and four daughters:
Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon
John Courtenay
Philip Courtenay
Isabel de Courtenay, who married John de Saint John, 1st Lord St John of Basing
Aveline de Courtenay
Egeline de Courtenay
Margaret de Courtenay
Eleanor's maritagium included the manors of Wooton and Dunstredon.
Hugh paid fines to the king twice in order to avoid military service, December of 1276 and June of 1287, but was in the army of West Wales in 1282 and summoned to attend the King at Shrewsbury 28 June 1283.
The date of his death, 28th of February, has been recorded in the Forde Abbey records, but the Fine Rolls changed his death to March 5th. His Buckingham estate records state his death as "after the Feast of St Peter and to the Feast of the Exalted St Crucis."
Hugh married Eleanor de Spencer, daughter of Baron Hugh le Despenser Chief Justiciar of England and Aline "Alivia" Bassett. (Eleanor de Spencer was born about 1248 in Ryhale, Rutland, England and died on 1 Oct 1328 in London, England.)
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